Born in Los Angeles, CA
Lives and works in San Francisco, CA
Education:
1999-2001
Mills College, Oakland, California, Master of Fine Arts in Studio Arts
1993-1998
Sonoma State University, California, Bachelors of Fine Arts in Painting
1997
Studio Arts Center International, Summer Painting Workshop, Florence, Italy
Solo Exhibitions:
2024
Shapes That Listen, Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, TX
2022
New Paintings, Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, TX
2020
New Paintings, Wally Workman Gallery, Austin TX
2018
New Paintings, Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, TX
2017
New Paintings, Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, TX
2007
SF Moma Artist Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Through and Through, Julie Baker Fine Art, Nevada City, CA
2006
New Paintings, Branch Gallery, Durham, NC
2005
Doe, San Francisco, CA
2004
The Secret Café, Berkeley, CA, featured artist
2003
Fresh Paint, Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont, CA
Selected Exhibitions:
2013
Painting Show, Sonoma State University Art Gallery
2010
New American Paintings, Pacific Coast edition
Shiny and New, artstream, Rochester, NH
2009
Jen 11, Uppercase Gallery, Calgary, Canada
Jen 11, artstream, Rochester, NH
Jen 11, Composition Gallery, Denver, CO
2008
New American Paintings #85, Pacific Coast edition curated by Dominic Molon
Shiny and New, artstream, Rochester, NH
Jen 11, Uppercase Gallery, Calgary, Canada
Jen 11, artstream, Rochester, NH
Jen 11, Composition Gallery, Denver, CO
Surface Tension, Chandra Cerrito Contemporary Art, Oakland, CA
Summer Salon, Julie Baker Fine Art, Nevada City, CA
Crossing the Line, Santa Rosa Junior College Art Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
Out of the Fog, Art Works Downtown/Headlands Center for the Arts,
San Rafael, CA
2007
Painting Show, SQFT Gallery, Nashville, TN
2006
Firecrackers: Artists to Watch, Roshambo Winery & Gallery, Healdsburg, CA
Summertime, Judy A. Saslow Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005
Two for the Seesaw, Branch Gallery, Durham, NC
In the Garden, Julie Baker Fine Art, Nevada City, CA
2004
Gazing Upward, Adobe Bookstore, San Francisco, CA
Alumni Show (working title), University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, CA
2001
M.F.A. Exhibition, Mills College, Oakland, CA
Crossroads, Walter and McBean Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1998
B.F.A. Exhibition, Sonoma State University, CA
Awards and Honors:
2002-2006
Affiliate Artist-in-residence, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
2001
Mills College Research Mini Grant, Oakland, CA.
2001
Mills College Alumni Tuition Scholarship, Oakland, CA.
Public Collections:
Microsoft Art Collection
Farmers & Merchants Bank in Modesto, California branch
Farmers & Merchants Bank in Lodi, California branch
Selected Bibliography:
Khoshbin, Jennifer. Essay Jen 11: Eleven Artists named Jen, 2009, pg 7
Garrido, Jen. Inspiration Interview. CMYK, issue #38 Fall 2007
Turner, Cherie Louise. Jen Garrido at Julie Baker Fine Art.
Art Week, June 2007, p.16-17
Findings, Harpers Magazine, January 2007, p.96,
Cerrito, Chandra. Freefall: Painting in the 00’s,
Contemporary Quarterly Vol. 1, Fall 2005, p. 2
Bamberger, Alan. ArtBusiness.com, October, 2004